Climate change poses a challenge for resource managers as
they review current management practices. Adaptation is a critical
means of addressing climate change in the near future because,
due to inherent time lags in climate impacts, the effects of
increased atmospheric greenhouse gases will be felt for decades
even if effective mitigation begins now. To address the impacts
of climate change, land managers need techniques for incorporating
adaptation into ongoing or pending projects. Here we present
a new tool for integrating climate change considerations into
project planning. We designed the Climate Project Screening Tool
(CPST) as part of the Westwide Climate Initiative (WWCI), a joint
project of the three western Forest Service research stations
whose goal was to cultivate science/management partnerships that
would develop adaptation options for addressing climate change.

Keywords: climate change, Climate Project Screening
Tool, CPST

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